"Hello, everyone! I'm Battle of the 3Centbragade! I remember it so you don't have to. I'm not going to show what this is above here before starting my announcement because it kinda just spoils the surprise for all of us. So anyway, I'm starting another new story. I'm still going to continue the other stories, but I want to take a break so I can bring out this. As you can read, the title is called "The Magic of Two - Beginning". This is going to be the start of the new series I'm working on, and I'm planning to make it at least ten or so chapters long. So without further ado; Let's get on with the STORY!" Battle announced, using a script for once. "Oh yes. Also David, Tim, Diana, Dennis, and pretty much all of the other people that's usually with me in the studio are still messing around in My Little Cupid and Zei: Adventures in Equestria, so they won't be here. I'm so lonely... Since the new chapter of that isn't finished yet I'm not going to spoil what they're doing there, but so help me if they find my stash of- I'm not hiding anything from them. Well again, without further ado; Let's get on with the STORY!"
I need to stop doing these announcements. They're getting suckier every time I do them. Either it's just because I'm not funny by myself, or they just suck in general. Tell me what you think in reviews or private message's.
Disclaimers: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, or most of the characters in this story. They belong to Hasbro and Lauren Faust. I do own this story, though.
Also; OC's will not be accepted in this series.
My Little Pony: The Magic of Two - Beginning Part 1: The First Encounter
(Six years ago)
"Help us! HELP!" A mare screamed from inside a burning house.
It was early at night outside of the city of Canterlot when the sun had set only a mere 30 minutes ago. The moon shone brightly in the starry sky, along with the smoke that was coming from a house that was burning to the ground. A stallion, a mare, and a new born foal that had came into the world three days earlier than expected, were stuck in the living room of their own home, shouting for someone to rescue them.
"Somebody help us! We're stuck in here, and we have a new born child! Please, get us out of here!" The mare shouted once more.
The father of the new born did his best to fight the flames with his own. The father was a Pegasus/Phoenix Hybrid with the rare ability to control fire with his body at will. He had thick orange fur covering his body. His mane and tail were orange, red, and yellow that had was to appeared to to be on fire. hazel eyes. Talons for his fore hooves instead of actual horse hooves. Last but not least; sharp orange Griffon feathers with blue tips.
The mother was a hot pink Unicorn Mare. She has teal eyes. A dark shade of yellow for her mane with sky blue curls over her ears. Her tail, like her mane, was dark yellow and only yellow with a teal ribbon tied to it. Lastly she wore two Platinum bracelets on her left fore leg.
The baby was a red Unicorn like it's father, but it could be mistaken for crimson. It had chestnut brown and orange spiky hair and matching tail. It also had talons instead of hooves like it's father.
"Damn it! These flames are spreading too much! And my powers are growing thin! I can't hold it!" The father cried, letting go of his fire magic for a short break. "Where are The Canterlot Guards!? They shouldn't be taking this long to get here!"
"We can't just stay here, dear! We're all going to die if we don't do something!" The mother replied, protecting her baby from the flames that grew closer to them.
Most of the ponies from around the city came to help stop the fire with large buckets of water, fire extinguisher's, and just plain beating it with wooden boards. Princess Celestia, the Ruler of Equestria, and her Royal Guards rushed over to the location of the crisis with haste after seeing the fire from the castle throne room. The house was just moments from collapsing, and Celestia ran her fastest to save them. She hadn't run this fast or had been this worried about her ponies in a while because they were rarely in any real danger, or, at the very least, been in any danger that required her presence.
"Come on...! Come on...! We have to hurry, everyone!" She told the Guards, rapidly losing her breath.
"Yes, your majesty!"
They could see the house from a distance. Celestia hoped to all of Equestria that those ponies hadn't given up yet.
The three ponies lived up on a cliff near the edge of town. They had moved there to be able to view the sunset at a closer spot, which meant being a bit far from town. The path that lead to the house was through a small forest. The whole area was on the west side of Canterlot and it wasn't that hard to reach.
Back with the burning house.
Upstairs in another room; the ceiling from there had collapsed. With that room close to impossible to enter now, and with the living room the family was in being underneath, it was also starting to give out on them. The walls from around the upper levels of the house started creaking, and some of the mirrors broke. In the living room two of the bookshelves fell, one on a scarlet colored sofa, the other on a coffee table near the three ponies.
The baby cried loudly in the hooves of it's mother. She looked at her baby, seeing it sob. She couldn't help but also cry because of their situation. The father went back to fighting with his fire once again, this time not doing as well as when he started.
"AHHH!" The mother screamed frightfully as a glass shard flew past them, missing whoever it was trying to impale.
"Glimmering Star, don't cry, dear. We're going to be okay." The father assured his wife, comforting her by wrapping a fore leg around her neck while the other one continued to fight the opposing flames.
"I know... But I can't stand to see our new born son get hurt." Glimmering replied, hugging their son tightly. "He came out just recently. We can't lose him like this."
The house began to creak some more, and more of their stuff started falling to the floor practically shattering. The father had inconveniently wasted all of his strength from the powerful flames. He didn't know what else to do but hold his wife with one of his wings.
"My flames... I can't hold it off anymore." He looked at his talons, seeing how sore and tired they were. "I have never been able to run out of flames before. Just what kind of fire is this if even I can't fight it or absorb it?"
Glimmering Star took a step closer to lean on him. It was clear that she was frightened for him and their child. This was definitely a day they wished they could start again from the moment they woke up.
"Honey, do you think... We're not going to make it?" She asked.
"I'm not too certain, but if we are going to die... Then we'll die together in each others embrace. Together... With our son." The father looked at his little colt, smiling at the bundle of joy they gave birth to. "... Phoenix Burst... Our own little colt."
"I know, Flame Edge. I still can't believe it really happened. Our own son, born three days early. I almost couldn't believe how happy our friends were to see him at the hospital that morning, them and their son. I really wish we could have been able to see their new daughter, too." Glimmering Star replied, nuzzling Phoenix Burst.
"You know, Glimmer. Since we were young I thought about how it would be like with a child. During his or hers first few years of their life it was going to be rather difficult and tiring. But also fun at the same time. The next few years would have been easier depending on what our child was going to grow into. Kind, compassionate, strong willed, maybe a little there could have been a second child." Flame spoke as if any second they were going to die, which didn't seem unlikely.
"We would have moved somewhere bigger, livelier. Somewhere with a field as far as the eyes can see. There would have been so much room for the kids to play and run around. We would closer to Ponyville again." Glimmering continuing for Flame.
"The town where we met." They finished simultaneously.
Glimmering Star and Flame Edge cuddled together to carefully keep their son between them so nothing would fall on him. If there was anything else they could do if not fighting the flames, they could protect their child for their final moments. Phoenix Burst's eyes opened just barely to see his mother and father. His crying slowly died down, and he put a claw in his mouth. It was now very clear that his eye color was teal just like his mother.
All of the residents of Canterlot on the outside continued fighting the fire while at this very moment Celestia and the Royal Guards had finally arrived. The parents didn't have any time to reply to the Princess' pleading yell for a response, because the house had fallen.
Their final words before the whole house collapsed on them were...
"I love you, Flamy."
"I love you, too, Glimmer."
Princess Celestia looked at the destroyed home in shear horror. She didn't make it in time to save them from the fire. She knelt and lowered her head in shame. She wasn't the only one in despair from the loss. Most of the ponies that fought for them had either began crying, or hugged another while staring blankly in a certain direction.
To make matters worse; the hill around the house was starting to collapse, too.
It might have been from the recent tragic event and it being an old hill being unable to hold everything in place for very long.
"Oh no!" A stallion yelled.
"Everyone, get away from there! It is too dangerous to be near this area!" Princess Celestia had ordered to her ponies, backing away enough to not fall with the house.
Everyone ran away to safe spots near the Guards, while Celestia went down to rescue any of the three ponies that might have been alive, if there were any.
"Princess, wait!" The Guards yelled, going after their ruler.
"Do not come after me! I will handle this myself!" Was her only response.
Celestia dug her way through into the house. She looked everywhere for any survivors. Going to the left of the main hallway to start her search by checking the kitchen and dining room; she didn't find anyone.
"Where could they be?" She asked herself, exiting the dining room and desperately looking in every direction of another hallway.
Suddenly through the crackling of dying flames; she heard the faintest of cries from a foal towards the living room. Celestia dug her way through the broken floorboards and glass to find the source of the crying, finding two dead ponies on the floor crushed by large beams that fell on them from the ceiling while their baby was laying under them, seemingly unharmed.
"They managed to save their child..." Celestia spoke in a whisper before rushing towards the child. "Hold on! I'm coming!"
They were seconds away from hitting the bottom of the mountain Canterlot stood on. Celestia carefully lifted the parents off the baby, and took him into her hooves, then used magic from her horn to transport them to safety in front of the Royal Guards and the citizens of Canterlot.
Everyone was surprised and happy to see Celestia return safe and sound, but they became more frightened to see that she was being very quiet and mysterious. Princess Celestia had her head down, appearing to be looking at who was in her possession.
"Princess...?"
"The parents of this child... They... Didn't make it. Only their son." Celestia held up the colt for everyone to see. "He was the only survivor I found. I don't know how exactly he survived, only that the parents had sheltered him with their bodies from what I saw. I will see to it that he is put into an orphanage by tomorrow morning. I will be taking care of him back at the castle for the night until further notice. Guards; I want you all to investigate Canterlot and all of it's inhabitants. I will be waiting for a report on whoever could have caused this crisis to occur within two weeks."
"Yes, your highness!"
Princess Celestia was the first to head back to Canterlot for the night, carrying Phoenix Burst in one hoof as she flew. The Royal Guards escorted the other ponies back to their homes in groups so they could be asked questions on the recent event.
"I heard in the news that his name was Phoenix Burst. Born from the former professional flyer Flame Edge. For him and his wife that shall be his name. Phoenix Burst... I'm so sorry." She said to the infant as she gently rubbed his mane.
Meanwhile in a hospital back in Canterlot, during the same night, a gray furred Unicorn mare was screaming in pain. She was going in labor, and her husband, a dark blue Unicorn, along with three nurse's, were helping her calm down while they went to a room so she could have her baby.
This was going to be their second child, since they had a son born three years earlier. Their son waited at one of his friends' house. Earlier that day when his parents told him that his brother or sister could have been coming very soon made him excited beyond their expectations.
"Just breath. We're almost there." One of the nurse' told the mother.
"Open room 24! We have a mare going in labor!" A doctor yelled to another stallion that was standing next to the mentioned room.
The mother screamed even louder. The father rubbed her right cheek with his left cheek, and told her to stay strong.
"Night Light... I can feel her rubbing against my belly...!" The mother told her husband as she breathed hard from the pain.
Night Light responded with another rub of his cheek. They had finally arrived in room 24, and the doctors got to work delivering the baby.
Several hours later, it was near morning by the time the baby was born. When it came out, it was confirmed to be a female. After taking care of the new born for about five or six minutes, the doctors and nurse' gave the parents their daughter.
Night Light gasped lightly. "Here she is...!" He said, as tears of joy streamed down his cheeks from his eyes.
The mother brushed a hoof over their daughter's two toned purple and pink mane. The new born filly cooed in her mother's hooves.
"Oh... Isn't she beautiful, Velvet? She looks so much like you. What are we going to name her?" Night Light asked.
"I... I don't kno-" She stopped upon remembering a name that was suggested to them some time ago. "How about... Twilight Sparkle?"
"Twilight Sparkle? That name our friends came up with during our talk?"
"Yes. It's a little hard to admit but I think it would fit her quite nicely." Velvet rubbed her nose on Sparkle's.
Night Light nodded to Twilight Velvet, trotted to the other side of the bed, and rested his head above his daughter. For the entire time that night they were unaware of the fire that had taken place during the time of their daughter's birth. They fell asleep in the hospital for the night, getting a bit of rest so when they get home, they could introduce their son and friends to Twilight Sparkle.
(Six Years Later - Now in current time)
"Stop! Thief!" A mare yelled as an apple was stolen by a colt. "Help! That brat stole another one of my apples!"
"He's at it again! Call the guards!" A stallion yelled, sounding an alarm from a bell tower to call Royal Security.
An alarm in the form of a loud single horn blew, alerting The Canterlot Royal Guards of the latest theft. This had to be the forth time this week within the three years they had been attempting to capture the same criminal. It was going to be even more embarrassing for them to bare than it was now if they didn't get him today.
"They're just going to call the Royal Guards again? Heh. Pathetic. Why do these ponies have to be so dimwitted. It's almost heartbreaking for me to do this to you." The thief began to say, jumping from building to building while eating the apple he stole. "Everything could be much more simpler if you'd just handle it on your own instead of asking for help, you undependable losers! That's why the outcome is always the same!"
The criminal wore a Black cloak with a symbol of a Phoenix spreading it's flaming wings and a rusted chain around his neck to keep his identity a secret. The only visible parts were his four fingered talons, so he could have been mistaken for a Griffin. But it was hard to tell because his back feet were regular pony hooves.
With him being out of sight up on a roof of someone's house he stood still to take a bite of an apple. He gazed ahead at the city, a smile plastered on his face full of amusement.
"Oh Canterlot. It used to be such a peaceful city. Full of snobs, of course, but it wasn't too bad a place to stay. Nowadays a certain routine has made it not-so-peaceful. It's always the same each day: Take something of theirs, run away and have them chase the thief, laugh at them at the end of the day. Oh wait!" He jumped down from the roof yelling for everyone to hear. "That's me! And I'm loving every moment!"
Everyone on that block heard him yell those words, provoking them to call the Guards their way.
"Over there! He's going that way!"
Ten of the Royal Guards were hot on his tail, appearing through a donut shop they were having lunch in. Three of them still had some jelly on their muzzles from their jelly donuts.
"Oh no...! There's so many Guards! Whatever shall I do?" The thief said sarcastically, stuck his tongue out and sticking his thumbs on both sides of his head to tease them, and then spit some fire balls at them. "Later, losers!"
Just then, ten more came out in front of him, with spears ready to attack him.
"Whoa!" The criminal stopped running, keeping his distance from the Guards in front and behind him. "This isn't good."
"Stop where you are, street rat! Today we've got you surrounded! You can't get away now!" One of the Royal Guards announced, coming closer to the thief.
"Well I'd love to do stay, I really would," He shrugged and than put talons on his hips. "but I can't today... So have some of this THIS!" The thief jumped into the air, using flames from his talons to give him a boost, and let three round grenades out of his cloak, attempting to get past the Guards by going over them, and distract them with a little Ka-boom. "Ciao!"
"Ah-ah!" A Unicorn Guard created a barrier in front of the thief, and another to block the bombs. "You're not getting away this time!"
The criminal hit his face on the the barrier, and fell down towards the Guards under him holding a trampoline. The thief had a trick he'd been saving, though.
"You're not getting me that easily! If those three bombs won't work, then I'll have to think of an alternative! There isn't much around me to us to my advantage with all these Guards in my way." The thief sub-consciously said, using magic to make a smoke cloud. "I'm running low on smoke bombs, so I'll have to use magic for this. I better think quickly!"
In the cloud of smoke; he blew some fire at the Guards as a distraction, which were able to get through the barrier. the Guards dodged them effortlessly. They shot their own magic attacks at the cloud to retaliate. Only thing was, when the smoke cleared; a black ball dropped on the trampoline and bounced into three of the Guards' face's. The remaining three avoided the ball, but just barely. The ball bounced a few feet away from them, and on the third bounce it opened up, revealing a clown inside with a laughing voice box.
"What?! Where did he go?!" They exclaimed, looking all over for him.
"Not again! We have to find that street rat and bring him to the Captain before he makes us do thirty laps around the castle again!" The one who seemed to be leading the other Guards in that group ordered, sending them off. "Wherever you're hiding, we'll find you! Mark my words, thief!"
Meanwhile the thief was running around through alleyways, avoiding the public. He had used the fire balls he spit at the Guards as a distraction earlier to get through the barrier before it closed. He sneaked through a couple shops, keeping out of the sight of ponies and stole a few more items in the process. He then went through an old retirement home, being seen by nearly everyone inside.
"'Scuse me! Coming through!" He told the ponies he passed by, exiting through their backyard.
The criminal took a cookie in the process and took a bite out of it. He spit it out and threw it away when he found out it wasn't the flavor that he liked. The ponies that the criminal ran past were merely confused as to what was going on. The only one who did anything was an old mare using a cane. She went outside, saw a few of the Guards coming her way, and waved to them.
"He went that way!" She cried, pointing towards the thief with her cane.
"Thanks, ma'am!"
the Guards went from a tired jog into a sprint for the thief. The criminal looked behind him to see how close the Guards were. He bumped into a few ponies that were waiting in line for a book signing, which slowed him down. Pretty soon they were catching up to him, only being three yards away.
"There he is!"
"STOP!"
"Huh?" The thief looked behind himself again upon hearing their yelling. "You guys just don't quit, do ya? If you wanted to play tag or hide 'n seek; then you should have just said so! I'd love to play! In fact; I'll hide!"
The thief found another alleyway to hide in, so he turned the corner to there and hid between two dumpsters. Quickly running out of ideas, the criminal looked at the apple he stole and took about three bites out of. An idea quickly came to him.
"Guess lunch will have to be skipped for today."
The criminal put the apple to his horn and began to enchant it with a magical aura. He threw it out of the alley and quickly climbed up the wall he was leaning on for an escape route with support of the dumpsters. Once the Guards had reached the apple, it blew up. It wasn't dangerous, but instead gave off a rather sweet, flowery perfume.
"I must admit that this smells nice." One of them admitted, whiffing at the air some more.
"No time for that, idiot! We have to find that criminal!" Another replied, looking everywhere in the alley for the thief.
The thief was already three blocks away from there by then and counting. Deciding that he was far enough to be on the ground again, he hopped down from the side of a library. He ran another block just to be safe and turned to hide in another alley, but unfortunately bumped into someone else.
The Captain of the Royal Guards.
His armor looked heavier than the rest. And instead of it being Yellow, it was Silver with a sun crest on his helmet and body armor. The Captain himself was a lime green Pegasus, and also appeared to be buffer than the rest of the Guards, like he had been working out just before getting here.
"What the?" The criminal looked up to see the grinning captain. "You..."
"Well... Well... Well... Look what the little colt bumped into. You're about to be put on time-out, real bad time out." The Captain said, grabbing the criminal by the hood of his cloak using his spear. The chain nearly choking him.
"Yeah. Nice to see you. Now let me go, gator breath. This is pretty painful." The thief replied, struggling to loosen the chain so he doesn't choke to death.
"No can do. You're mine now, and I have so many things I have been dying to do to you." The Captain pulled the thief closer to him, but not enough to see his face.
He could only see the crimson red fur, the small amount of orange hair over his forehead, and his eyes that was hard to tell if they were blue or green, due to the shade in the alley and the hood. The Captain grinned deviously upon instant recognition of who he was.
"I have finally gotten my hooves on you, and you are not getting away from me again!" The Captain seethed in the thief's face.
The thief's cheeks puffed and his head arched back for a second. He waved a talon to his right over his face.
"Eww...! Did a swamp monster slug it's way into your mouth and dissolve today? Or at least give your mouth a little toxic spray? I'd love to stay and take you to a dentist, stinkmeister, but I have things to take care of. Like my stomach!" The thief kicked the Captain in the face, yanked out of The Captain's clutch's, and started running. "Whew. Finally. Later!"
"Hold it!" The Captain grabbed the thief by his cloak again.
The chain on the thief's neck tightened again, choking him. This time he broke the chain with magic, then yanked the cloak again. The Captain's grip was tight on the cloak. He pulled back with the same amount of strength. The struggle lasted very shortly before the fabric tore off. The Captain let go of the cloak as it ripped, while the thief held onto it.
Under the cloak was a young red Unicorn, with a brown and orange spiky mane and tail. He could also be mistaken for a crimson Unicorn. His eyes were teal like the deep blue ocean and the green grass mixed into one dark, but pure eye color. A single scar on his left fore leg near his knee. A bag on his back with the strap going from his right shoulder to his left waist, the inside sealed with a zipper. Blue earrings. And a brown belt.
"I should have known it was going to be you the second I heard that stupid little voice of yours! Phoenix Burst!"
"Hi. Glad you know my name. Bye." Phoenix Burst took his torn cloak and broken chain, then ran off again, leaving behind a bomb with mints inside."I'll order you a toothbrush or somethin' later if I'm generous enough, capt, if it's still on my mind! Have some mints instead! They're a good alternative!"
"Agh!"
The bomb made a small explosion. It wasn't big enough to actually touch the Captain but instead spread beads of mints in every direction, including inside The Captain's helmet. Three Guards had just arrived by the time the smoke clear, how little of it there was. The Captain could only take off his helmet and growl quiet. His expression was deadpan.
"Uh... He got away, again, didn't he?" A female Guard in the group asked.
The Captain tilted his helmet enough for one mint to fall onto his waiting hoof. He threw it in his mouth for a taste. The Guards merely watched with raised brows.
"Grr...! Come on! We're leaving! Your tasks are finished for the day." The Captain announced before spitting out the mint. "Ugh! Disgusting..."
Later in the afternoon, once the city had quieted down after the latest theft everyone had went home for the afternoon. It had been hours since the event and it was nearly sunset. A time for streetlights to come on. For shops to wind down for closing. For friends and families to run home for supper. And for Night Guards, Guards specialized for nighttime tasks, to patrol the streets.
At the cliff where the burning house incident occurred six years ago; a filly was sitting close to the edge of the cliff, but far enough to be able to get up and run if it were to suddenly break apart. She was a purple Unicorn. Her mane and tail were two tones of purple, darker than her fur, and pink. She had a saddle bag on her back with a stuffed pony sitting in the open left pocket. The filly was currently reading a medium sized storybook. The cover had a pony wearing a wizard outfit, using magic to fend off some monsters in a rocky background, seemingly a dimly lit cave. The back had the signature of the author under a wall of text.
Normally by this time she would stop reading and head home. Ponies around her age back in town would still be outside playing a game with a few friends or something to let out a bit more of their energy before calling it a day, unlike her. She had never spent much time around any of the other fillies and colts. She'd spend most of her time reading in this spot, occasionally bringing her stuffed pony with her.
She took a break from her book to look at the afternoon sunlight.
"Hm... I think it's time to head home now. Mother, father, and big brother would worry about me if I'm late. But..." She looked back to her book.
She had just gotten this book from her brother recently. She loved it so much, seeing as though she was reading it for a long time. The book was a quarter of the way finished as there weren't that many pages for her to read left. For this one time she decided against leaving.
"I think I'll read one more chapter of this. I love this story so much that I can't stop reading it." She faced her little toy pony. "What do you think, Mr Smarty Pants? With only three more chapters to finish, we could read one more, right?"
She waited a few seconds for an answer from the toy. Upon getting no voiced response she took it as a yes.
"Okay then. Now listen carefully." She opened her book back up and began reading her next chapter.
The sounds of the air helped to keep her calm while she read. The cool thin blades of grass tickled her body, but not so much that it bothered her. She liked being in this spot. It had been closed off from everyone, but she always ignored the sign and trespassed here without ever being caught. Because of this, she made it her treasured spot. However she only wished she had someone to share this place with. Someone who wouldn't expose her.
In the forest behind her. A figure was walking through. Judging from the torn cloak it was Phoenix Burst walking through the path that lead to where that same house fell. He ate the rest of another apple he stole earlier, and threw the core on the ground. He had little to no care for nature.
"Mmm. That hit the spot. Gotta thank those idiots sometime for these. Wish I had some cookies to go with it though. Now to watch the sun set." He said as he stopped for a second to stretch, then continued forward. "I also need to make more bombs. I'm running low on them again. And I need to fix my cloak and chain. The Captain could've killed me there. Maybe I shouldn't wear around my neck anymore. And as for the cloak, it took a while trying to fix it last time."
Phoenix Burst pulled the cloak out from a bag around his shoulder that was hiding under the it earlier to examine the tear closely. It was a big tear, starting from the left side of the Phoenix to the bottom of the fabric. He shook his head in disapproval and threw the cloak back into the bag. He looked up towards the cliff after closing the bag, and his expression became one of surprise upon seeing someone there. He didn't expect to see a filly here of all creatures. Let alone at this time. Only he was supposed to know about this area.
This was just about. The. Worst. Possible. Thing!
Well, almost the worst.
"Who the heck is she? I've never seen her here before. What's a filly like her doing here in my private spot? Nobody just comes here without my permission!" He frowned at the filly as he spoke subconsciously.
He was about to walk up to her and insensitively shout "Hey! What are you doing here?!" at her. However, If he did that, she might run away and tell all of Canterlot that she was confronted, face to face, with the young criminal. And if she were to do that, she would have gotten herself and Phoenix Burst in trouble, and he was not ready for another lap around town and deal with the Guards.
"Why of all days does someone have to be here? Doesn't she know that this place is strictly forbidden? Argh! I need to think of something to get rid of her so I can have my alone time!" Phoenix Burst thought as he took a step back.
By accident he stepped on a twig. The filly perked her ears up at the sound of a snap and quickly turned around as if she knew she was being watched.
Technically, she is.
Phoenix Burst lunged himself behind a tree the second he stepped on the twig instinctively. He looked to where the filly was on the other side of the tree. While watching he took out the torn up cloak in case it would come in handy. Maybe he could kidnap her and keep her somewhere that is easy for the towns ponies to find.
The filly was backing herself closer to the edge of the cliff. She brought her plush pony over to her and hugged it tightly. From knowledge of this cliff Phoenix knew that it wouldn't hold her for long, nearly having fallen himself.
"H-Hello? Who's there?" The filly asked fearfully.
The thought of being caught by someone caused her to feel very frightened, nearing the point of panic. What if the Princess found her way here and wanted to take her back home? Or what if it was someone from her family? Her brother? Father? Mother? All of them would have been disappointed in her, but her mother would have been cross the most with her.
Phoenix Burst stopped watching the filly to devise a plan. Someway for him to keep hidden and get her to leave before another piece of that cliff breaks and collapse's under her.
What came next made him jump a little: the small part of the cliff that filly stood on was beginning to crack. The ground around her was breaking apart starting with the spot she was standing on. She became even more frightened and run ahead before it began to break.
"Wait." The filly looked back, nearly forgetting her book. "No! I'll get in so much trouble if I lose it!"
"No! Wait!" Phoenix Burst blurted out upon hearing her say those words.
The filly threw her toy towards the pathway to Canterlot and went back for her book and saddle bag. She sprinting towards it and avoiding any cracks to not make things worse. The weigh of her when she hit the ground after every leap was not helping her situation at all. Once she got her book, she looked back to see who was there with her. She definitely heard a male voice yell that time, but she wasn't able to ask when the cracks gave out on her, causing her to fall.
With her magic she threw the book towards the forest path with Mr Smarty Pants before it joined her in falling to her death. Thankfully she was able to hold onto a rock to keep safe. Her time was running short. She screamed for help and kicked at the rocks to help herself up. Phoenix Burst looked back once again to see how bad it was getting.
"AHHHHH!" The filly screamed.
"Damn it! She's going to die if someone doesn't help her!" He thought, beginning to run back to Canterlot.
He stopped the second he was two inch's away from the tree he hid behind. It was clear to him that number 1: there was not enough time to get help before that cliff cracks even more. Maybe completely crumble, sending the filly to her doom.
Number 2: if he so much as stands in the middle of somewhere in the open to be seen by everyone, he would be in major trouble.
Finally number 3: NO ONE would believe a word he says. He's a criminal. He couldn't be trusted even if he was telling the truth.
There was only one option left. One he absolutely hated: rescue the filly himself.
But then there was something else. Why did he care? He knew nothing about this filly, nor did he care about her safety. Her life meant nothing to him, and yet the thought of saving her life was invading his mind. This one girl who found her way here was in his thoughts, and suddenly he's frozen in a mind jam, debating whether to save her or not.
He groaned at the mere thought of doing something heroic. That's something a goodie four hooves would do, not him. He just wished he hadn't came here this afternoon now.
"Someone help! I can't get up! AHH!" The rock the filly was holding was loosening and she couldn't hold it for long because her hooves were getting tired.
Phoenix Burst began to run towards Canterlot and stopped as he lifted a leg. He faced the cliff to save the filly, and stopped when lifting a leg. He repeated this three times each before stomping the ground in frustration.
"Argh! Damn it! All of this because of a twig!" Phoenix Burst began to form a magical aura from his horn. "I'm not doing this as myself! This had better work because there isn't much time!"
This was the first time he ever tried to use this spell. He never found any use for it and he never tested it beforehand. This was going to be it's first use and he wasn't 100% sure it would work. This was a life or death situation and this was the only time he could test it if he was to save that filly.
Phoenix Burst's horn illuminated a red aura, and it traveled down throughout his entire body. It didn't hurt but it wasn't very comfortable, either. The spell changed his fur color from crimson red to beige. His eyes, hair, and tail color's remained the same. It took the torn cloak out of the bag and changed it to a black sweat shirt with a hood, fixing the hole in the process. With the transformation finished He looked at his new figure thoroughly, finding it... Alright, to say the least.
"Hmm... This might work, I guess. But the shirt is a little lame." He remarked as he checked his tail.
The filly would find him suspicious if she saw him with a hairstyle, tail, and talons that looked identical to his original form. In his saddlebag he pulled out black gloves to hide his talons, and quickly put them on. And last he tied the back of his mane with a hairband and another for his tail he kept in his bag, just in case he ever needed to use this spell.
"Finally." He said before hearing the cracks from the cliff getting worse. "Oops. Gotta hurry."
He ran to the filly, stepping over the cracks like he saw her do minutes prior. Seeing her grip on the rock loosening to the point where she might let go in just seconds, Phoenix Burst stuck his talons out and grabbed her left fore leg.
"I got you! Just hold on!"
"What?"
The filly raised her head to look at her savior eye to eye. Upon looking at his teal eyes, she grow nervous and angry as she thought she was being saved by the criminal, but she found herself wrong when noticing his fur color was completely different. His talons, however, kept her skeptical.
"Wh... Who are you...?" She asked in a whisper.
"No time for questions, girl! This is a life or death situation here!" He replied, having trouble holding her leg with both talons.
The filly could see the trouble he was having. She wondered if he had ever done this before, and why he didn't call for help. By instinct she lifted her right hoof for him to grab.
"Here! Take my other leg!"
Phoenix Burst opened one eye and saw her right leg held up. Understanding what she was doing he took his left talon away from the right to grab her other leg. Now having hold of both legs, he used all his strength to pull her up.
"Okay, just hold on...!" He strained from her heavy weight. This was definitely something he wasn't used to.
The filly used her back legs to help them get her up. With the added strength they were able to get her up and away from the cracks safely. She sat down and breathed softly to calm down. She didn't dare speak a word until she was sure she was okay.
The filly looked behind her for her savior. She checked both her sides. He was nowhere in sight. Only the book she threw to safety with Mr Smarty Pants. She got up and checked everywhere around her for her hero to thank him.
"Hello? Are you still here? I wanted to say thank you." The filly nervously told whoever she thought she was talking to.
Of course he saved her life just now so he couldn't have gotten far, but she was still worried about him exposing her to the Royal Guards or her parents and brother. Was he good? Bad?
Phoenix Burst nearly flinched from hearing the filly call him out, but remained in composure. He was hiding behind the same tree again like his life was now in danger. It would have been IF he was Phoenix Burst. He was clearly someone else now judging from his new look since the spell hasn't worn off yet.
"Wait. Why am I hiding if my appearance is different? Since the spell worked and is still in effect, I can be seen in public. Even to that idiot of a girl." He spoke in his head as he turned only his head around towards the cliff, seeing the filly staring back at him. "Shoot!"
"Hold on a minute! Don't hide! I won't tell anyone about you, just come out!" She cried loud enough for him to hear and nobody else. She spoke quieter, thinking she might have scared him. "I just wanted to thank you."
"Fine. Here I am. Happy?" He said after exhaling sharply and walked out in the open for her. "What are you doing here? Only I was supposed to know about this place! You were nearly killed just now."
"Oh! I'm so sorry. I didn't think anyone else came here besides me." The filly's face became red from nervousness, picking up her book. "I was... Just reading a book. It's what I usually come here for."
"Really? Don't you want to play with the other foals? Like throwing a ball around, or sliding down slides in a playground, or make sand castles?"
"No. Not really. I don't usually 'hang out' with other fillies and colts. I don't get along with others well." The filly blushed even more and kicked the dirt.
"Hm. So that means you don't have friends, huh?" Phoenix asked, standing next to the filly on her left side.
"No, I don't." She looked up at Phoenix Burst and asked: "Do you have any friends?"
"No. I think friends are overrated."
"Overrated?"
"Yeah. Overrated. I figure that all of Equestria, wherever you look, there are friends and family. It's a sight that doesn't end. I just don't like it very much. I don't like overrated things, especially friends."
"Well, friends and families can't be overrated. Not unless they're talked about a lot. Ponies don't mention or talk much about those kind of things, so it could be underrated. Well, there are stories like fairy tales on the other hoof, like when super heroes make big speech's about friendship, or when a young filly or colt talk about the importance of family. So I guess it could be overrated in stories, if that's what you mean." The filly explained sitting down with her book and toy beside her. "And if so than you must read a lot of stories."
"Stories? Don't be silly. I don't find it necessary to read that much. I find it boring to just stare at words, pictures, or both for a long time. But I guess you have a point that not many ponies do mention that stuff very often. Though I still don't like hearing it." Phoenix Burst sat down with her, making himself comfortable in the grass. "So what's your name, lass?"
"Oh, I almost forgot. I am Twilight Sparkle, not 'Lass'." Twilight Sparkle answered, introducing herself with a hoof on her chest.
"Twilight Sparkle? That's a nice name. Only; I don't see anything resembling twilight at all, and you're not sparking."
"What?! Of course I don't have or do either of those. Nobody can do that." Twilight found her savior's remark insulting, but she had yet to learn of his name. "So what's your name?"
"My name? Well I'm... Uh..." Phoenix sat completely still, frozen it worry over his stupidity. "Shoot! I forgot to make up a name in case she ever asked! And I call myself smart!"
"You're who? Don't you remember your own name?" Twilight asked leaning closer to him.
"Well it's... Uhm..." Phoenix tapped his chin for a second, trying his hardest to come up with something fitting before she became suspicious of him. "It's... Clear Fire!" He declared, more so to himself than Twilight.
"Clear Fire? I have never heard of a pony with a name like that."
"Yeah, well that's my name. It might be because I have the power to control fire, without using my horn." In his head he slapped his forehead with two talons instead of one for revealing that. "IDIOT!"
"Really? You can control fire with your own body?"
"Welp. No point in hiding it now, dumbo." Clear continued speaking in his head. He looked to Twilight and gave an uneasy grin. "Uh... Yes. I could show you if you'd like to see it."
"Right here?" Twilight asked, leaning back a little.
"No, silly. I'll do it over there" Clear pointed a few feet away from them. "so you don't get hurt." Clear got up, and walked away from Twilight to begin his demonstration. "Okay. Here I- Wait a sec!"
Twilight grew a question mark above her head after hearing Clear Fire stop.
"What is it?" She asked, perking her ears up again.
"Isn't it obvious? What I'm wearing could burn off. Give me a second."
Clear Fire took off his sweat shirt first, then the gloves, revealing his Griffon talons. Twilight had been curious about the gloves and now that she knew what was under them...
"You have talons? I didn't even notice them when you saved me because of those gloves. That's so... Strange."
"Strange? Why?"
"Well how come you have talons instead of hooves? No other pony in all of Equestria has something like that."
"I have actually noticed that, but I've only been in Canterlot, so I don't know about ALL of Equestria. I don't really know how I got them. I just figured I was born with them, or someone changed my hooves when I was really little." Clear replied, looking at his talons. "Now I took my gloves off because I didn't want to burn them to a crisp, even though they are the least likely to burn. If you may be so kind as to hold them for me, milady, I'll begin my demonstration!"
"Why of course, sir." Twilight replied with a giggle afterwards, taking the gloves and sitting them in her lap.
Clear Fire squeezed the ground, held his breath, and strained his body so his fire powers could get a kick start. A small fire field formed around him and he slowly rose off the ground. The field of fire began to shrink the higher Clear got from the ground. Twilight watched in awe of this. Her eyes had sparkles in them showing how much she liked what Clear was doing.
The flames stopped shrinking and formed into a ball that went into Clear Fire's mouth for a fire breath. The result of all this was a burp, which caused him to shoot a sloppy stream of fire out of his mouth three feet over Twilight Sparkle's head. His powers faded and he landed talon-first on the ground.
Instead of feeling disgusted, Twilight Sparkle was only giggling from Fire's little burp.
"Ugh... I forgot to remind myself not to store that much fire in me before firing it again! Hey! Stop laughing!" Clear quieted down a bit upon his realization. "Wait. I made someone laugh, and it wasn't to one of my jokes? It wasn't even that funny. Maybe a little. She might just have a weird sense of humor."
"I'm sorry, Clear, but that was a little funnier than it was supposed to be." Twilight said, holding her stomach.
Clear Fire blushed a little from his steadily growing anger and embarrassment, rubbing his head with one talon. The other talon rubbed his stomach as he regretted having so little to eat.
"So are you going to say it?" Twilight asked after her little giggle fest had ended.
"Say what, exactly?"
"You know. Say 'excuse me'. My mother taught me that you have to say it when you need to get somewhere past someone, when you need something someone else has or is in the way of, or if you burp like you just did. In short, you're showing that you aren't trying to be rude."
Clear looked at Twilight like she was stupid as he began putting his sweat shirt back on. He wasn't going to excuse himself for a simple burp. That was ludicrous in his opinion, yet he didn't know what the word meant. And way too... Polite. He disliked nice and polite things unless there were treats involved.
"Pfft. Why should I say it? I've never heard anyone else say it, so why do I have to?" He asked with his fore legs folded across his chest.
"Because it's disgusting to burp and not excuse yourself for it. Even if others don't say it, that doesn't give you any excuse not to, either. It's good manners, Clear." Twilight Sparkle answered wagging her left fore hoof up and down in his face.
"Well I'm still not going to say it."
"Please, Clear? For me?"
Twilight Sparkle gave Clear puppy dog eyes which freaked him out. He unfolded his legs and put them on his face to shield himself from her eyes.
"Ugh! Fine! I'll say it! Just stop giving me that look! It's creepy!" He forcefully pulled his talons down and sighed. "Excu... Exc..." He groaned in annoyance and whispered a 'Why me...?'
Twilight could see the look of annoyance on Clear Fire's face, but she wasn't going to interrupt by saying something. The face's he was making looked silly to her.
"Ex... Excuse me." Clear finally got out as he lowered his head. "How did this one filly make ME say something so awful?"
"There you go! Now you're excused." Twilight replied, clapping her hooves for him. "You see? That wasn't so bad, Clear."
"Hmph. I guess not." Clear shrugged like it was no big deal after all. "So, how'd you like my fiery show, Twilight?"
"I thought it was impressive. You were doing great, until you made that burp."
"Yeah. Usually I could do it without any trouble. To be honest, I think it was because I didn't get much to eat, but the results usually turn out better, so this one was completely random." Clear Fire sat next to Twilight once more.
"Really? What did you eat today?"
"Only an apple. It definitely wasn't stolen or anything." Fire scratched the back of his head, hoping Twilight Sparkle would not suspect anything of him stealing. "Why do I keep opening my big mouth?"
"Stolen? Why would you steal an apple?" Twilight asked.
"No reason at all. I just thought you may have been thinking something like it, which would be highly unlikely."
"Oh, okay. Well, I wasn't."
Twilight looked at Fire's face a bit closer, inspecting him closely. Clear Fire had beads of sweat running down his forehead, like boulders rolling down a mountain. But her concern lied more on the fact that Clear's appearance resembled Phoenix Burst a lot.
"You know, you kinda look similar to the Canterlot Thief; Phoenix Burst. By your facial look, hair and tail color, and your talons. I've only seen pictures of him, though." Twilight said.
"Really? Never heard of him." His reply made Twilight raise her hooves up to her face and gasp. And it wasn't even to how blunt he sounded when he said it.
"You're kidding, right? He's, like, the most well known criminal in all of Canterlot as of now. He hasn't been caught by the Royal Guards once in his life. He is very clever. I heard that he even makes The Captain so angry that he will break a wall with his bare hoof just from hearing his name."
"Most well known criminal in Canterlot? The Captain of the Royal Guards punching walls out of anger? Sounds like I've got my work cut out for me. Sweet!" Clear turned his head the other way and whispered.
"What was that?" Twilight asked, trying to look at Clear's face.
"I was just thinking about how sad it must be for those Guards {NOT!}. This Phoenix Burst guy sounds like a real troublemaker."
"He is. It is said that he is just about our age, and in the pictures I've seen from my father; he does appear so."
"So the Royal Guards are trying to capture a colt that's our age? That actually sounds funnier than it should be!" Clear Fire began to laugh hysterically.
"Clear...!"
Clear Fire had to hit his chest several times to cease his laughter. He still had tears in his eyes, but he left them there.
"Sorry Twilight, but that really cracked me up. A six year old colt, like us, is outwitting the Princess' Guards? No, no. That is way too funny."
Twilight made a slight giggle, and turned her attention to the setting sun far in the distance. She had a goofy smile on her face because she found it funny too, only she was trying to not laugh as much.
Every time she would finish her book reading at this very cliff, she'd spend a little bit of her time watching the sunset. Because she didn't have anyone to share it with, it made things all the more peaceful.
But at the same time it was lonely.
Now that Clear Fire was with her; she didn't know what to think. Having someone here with her in this forbidden area, claiming it was his, was new. And she actually liked having someone to watch the sunset with.
"You know. You're pretty nice, Clear. The only pony that's nice like you that I know is my parents and big brother."
"You have a brother?"
"Yes. He's a bit older than us, and he's kind, strong, and knows a lot. He's always there when I'm in trouble, and he gets me out of them. He help's me when I need a hoof, like with reading a certain word that I don't understand, or when I want a snack. He is pretty special to me."
"That's great. I personally don't know what having an older brother or sister is like since I don't have one. I do okay on my own, but it does get lonely."
"Really? I'm sorry..." Twilight's gaze turned to the ground, feeling a bit of sorrow for, maybe, hurting Clear Fire's feelings with her carelessness.
"It's okay, Twilight Sparkle. I actually don't think about it at all. It cross's my mind here and there sometimes. And when I do think about it, I try to never let it discourage me. If I just keep my head held high, and have a grin on my face, then I'll always know that everything is okay." Clear replied, putting his talons on the back of his head. "And you know what? Until now, I didn't think there would be anyone in Canterlot who didn't have any friends or weren't in any groups. I thought that everywhere I went I would see colts and fillies laughing and playing around. Mares and stallions chatting and working together. I saw no difference in them."
"And you didn't want to be a part of that?" Twilight asked.
"You could say that. I guess what I'm trying to get at is; I... Think you're nice, too, Twilight Sparkle." Clear looked down, and played with his talons. "It's kinda hard to meet someone out of the blue and get to know them. You never know if you have anything in common with them, and have the same interests. I kinda felt that way a little earlier, too. I didn't know how this was going to turn out."
"Wow... I guess both of us do have something in common, then." Twilight replied, knowing exactly what he was talking about.
Twilight Sparkle took a big interest in Clear Fire since the moment he saved her life. Even though she hasn't known Clear for a day he made a big impact on her. Twilight was ready to ask him something, but she didn't know if he would respond with a yes or no. The face he was making when he was hesitating to respond came back which was confusing to Twilight, yet it still made her smile again.
Maybe he wanted to say something first? Twilight tried going first before him.
"Hey, Clear-"
"Hey, Twilight Sparkle? How about we become friends? I mean, I know I said it was overrated earlier, but neither of us have friends, and I just figured that everyone needs a friend. You and me could be friends, if you want to." Clear Fire interrupted her, but asked exactly what she was going to ask.
Twilight blushed again and nodded.
"I'd like that, Clear. You and me, as friends. And you don't have to keep saying my full name. Just call me 'Twilight'." Twilight giggled again as Clear Fire wrapped his legs around his head again, and started laughing before her.
"You got it!"
They laughed for what seemed like ten minutes. Twilight stopped first and yawned afterwards, holding Mr Smarty Pants close to her. Clear Fire stopped a little bit after her and laid down in the grass, his eyes looking up at the sky. He heard Twilight yawn, but made nothing of it. He got up anyway, and looked towards something he hadn't taken into account until now.
"Hey Twilight. What is that doll you're holding?"
"Hm? Oh. This" She raised the doll up to Clear's face. "Is Mr Smarty Pants. I've had him for as long as I can remember. I occasionally bring him here with me during the afternoon to read. And sometimes when I'm just lonely up here."
"Really? So he's like a companion? You have a doll as your companion?" Clear replied, making a comment in his head all the while. "And with a name like 'Smarty Pants'; shouldn't he have pants that are smart?"
"Yes. Every filly still has dolls around our age. Some even consider them a 'conpanion'. Why? Do you find that weird?" Twilight laid Smarty Pants down with her book.
"No. I don't mind those who play with dolls. I don't play with them myself, but I wouldn't disturb others for doing it in public or anything. And it's 'Companion'."
"Oh. So you wouldn't mind if I let Smarty Pants say thank you for us?" Twilight picked up her doll and hovered it to Clear's face again.
"No, but I would find it bothering if you kept shoving it in my face."
"Sorry. And about this place being yours-"
"Twilight, don't worry about it. As long as we're friends, this cliff will be ours. Just you and me can know about this spot, alright? Promise me."
Clear Fire stuck out a talon for Twilight to take a hold of. She looked at it for a moment, then to him in the eyes.
"I promise, Clear. This cliff belongs to me and you only." Twilight held out a hoof and they shook on it.
Letting each other go, Twilight Sparkle put the doll down again then stretched her fore legs and yawned. Clear Fire could see the sleepiness Twilight was displaying with her yawning.
"Tired?"
"Uh-huh. It's getting real late." She answered followed by rubbing her right eye for a second. "What time is it, Clear?"
"8 pm. Why?"
"8 pm?! I'm way past time to be heading home!" Twilight cried frantically getting up, strapping on her saddle bag, and inserted Mr Smarty Pants so she could leave. "Tonight was really great, Clear Fire, but I need to go before I get in trouble! No! I might already be in trouble! Bye!"
"Wait, Twilight!" Clear spontaneously called out to her, which surprised both of them.
"Yes?"
"Um... Will I see you again sometime soon?" He asked.
"Yeah. We can come here tomorrow. As long as neither of us are caught." Twilight Sparkle answered before leaving Clear Fire to his lonesome.
"Wait!" Clear cried again with a little more thought into what he wanted to say.
"What...?"
"Um... Don't tell anybody about me, okay?" Clear nervously twiddled his talons. "As you might already know, I'm not good with meeting other ponies, if you know what I mean. So keep me a secret."
"O-Ok. I'll try. But I'm bad with secrets."
"Seriously?! Well, try to keep it a secret. If it just comes out than don't feel bad. I won't mind {All that much}. Just don't let it a whole crowd of ponies who hear you."
"I'll do my best, but no promise's. See you later." Twilight answered as she went back to heading home.
Clear Fire grew a grin on his face as he watched Twilight Sparkle leave. He was a little surprised that she wasn't even a little bit suspicious of him being the thief, but more relieved by it. His disguise wasn't that good. His hair and tail was still exactly the same, save for the ribbons that got burnt when he was using his powers in front of her, and he didn't even try to hide his voice.
She really did know little about him.
"Heh! What an idiot. I can't believe she really bought everything I said. All that friendship and being polite crap. Playing with a bag of rags like that Mr Smarty Pants? Ugh! Disgusting! I need to keep an eye on her actions in the future. She might get me in trouble if I'm not careful. There's a chance that she could give out information and secrets like sign-up papers." He said as he turned back to the sunset and sat down. "And it seems that I'll have to wash my mouth a bit longer tonight before bed for calling her 'nice'. Urgh! How... Absurd."
Upon sitting, he noticed Twilight had left her book behind. She never even mentioned it while they were hanging out.
"She left her book. Heh. Finders keepers, losers weepers." He said mischievously as he hovered it towards him, but something wasn't right about this.
This was somehow making him feel bad. She went to the trouble of saving this book, even though it would have meant her being killed. She mentioned before she fell that she would have gotten in trouble with her family if it was missing.
Clear Fire dropped the disguise, becoming Phoenix Burst again. He stared at the book in his possession, thinking if he should keep it from his new friend, or give it back to her. Being the criminal he was, he'd just keep with no objections, but this wasn't him being that thief right now.
"You went through the trouble of keeping this safe, instead of your own life. For a BOOK you put yourself in danger." He growled at the stupidity of it. "Ragh! I might as well keep it since It's in my talons. But maybe..."
Phoenix clinched the book tight with his left talon, and his other talon pulled on his mane out of frustration. "Dam! Why am I having such a hard time deciding whether to keep it or not?"
Phoenix Burst turned to look back at the path towards Canterlot. He went back behind the tree where his saddle bag was and stuck the book inside until further notice. Maybe he would have made up his mind by tomorrow when he meets up with Twilight Sparkle.
"I don't know if I should permanently keep it or not, but just in case, I'll keep it in my saddlebag for when we see each other again. I'll be waiting for you, Twilight Sparkle."
"And that's the end of part one of the beginnings series! This is the beginning of a new friendly relationship for these two ponies, or three? I don't know. If there are any more errors that needs to be looked at; please, let me know. I am always looking forward to having someone respond with criticism or advise. And again; NO OC REQUESTS. Now this just a small thing I wanted to say that I haven't addressed in this chapter or the others before. This is going to become an original story when I remove the MLP related content. I want to make this into a book series, which will mean changing almost everything from this, but since this is starting out as what you're reading, It'll continue until the end of the prologue. If Fiction Press allows original stories on there unlike here on Fanfiction; then I'll make the new The Magic of Two there. I won't post it there immediately because I'm going still remaking My Little Cupid and Zei: The Return of the Prophecy Saga. Wanted to give it a new name because it's now a saga for the My Little Cupid and Zei series." Battle announced, getting out a letter. "Since I'm the only one here; I'm going to close this part by myself. But before I do that, want to read this short letter some random stranger gave me."
"No! Don't read it, you moron!" The readers exclaimed shaking their computer screens as if they knew what the letter had to say.
"Um... Okay...? I wonder what's gotten into them." Battle opened the letter.
'For not having time to continue the next chapter of My Little Cupid and Zei, but instead giving time to this; You get a boot to the head.'
"Hm?" Battle turned around, only to have a boot to his face. "Ow! what was that for?! Alright, you know what. I'm just going to close this part now! This will be the last time I re-edit this chapter. I have been redoing it more than enough times now and I want this to be the final version. Thanks for reading and everything. And now, Thanks and BYE!"